“I did worry if the stress caused by my son’s incarceration didn’t help trigger it. But yeah, it’s a sexually transmitted disease that causes cancer. And if you have it, cunnilingus is also the best cure for it.”

Douglas, who is married to Catherine Zeta-Jones, didn’t specify how many years ago he might have been exposed to HPV.

He was in the UK promoting his Liberace bio pic, Behind the Candelabra when he made his candid comments.